Comparison Operators
Another class of operators commonly used in programming is the comparison operators, also known as relational operators in mathematics. These operators compare two values and return a Boolean value (True or False) depending on the result of the comparison. For example:
Dim i As Integer = 3, b As Boolean b = i < 5
The expression i < 5 on the right side of the assignment operator = is a relational expression, and < is the comparison operator known as “less than.” It has the same meaning as its mathematical counterpart. The expression will be evaluated to True since i is 3 and therefore, is less than 5. The result of this evaluation (the Boolean value True) will then be assigned to the variable b. The Table 7.2 lists the comparison ...
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